Illustration around Madrid

Illustration around Madrid
Whilst walking round the different street and alleyways there are some really interesting pieces of Illustration/art which I noticed.

This is a really beautiful piece of design. It uses only red and black and includes the background as part of the image, using the absence of colour. It really worked drawing customers in as it is just so damn striking.

This was a shop which has really strange illustrations to explain what the item does. It was really helpful because it sold some really weird things. They aren't particularly good illustrations but definitely are appealing to the audience of teenage girls which predominantly would shop there. Each image uses very minimal colour and is mainly a line drawing of an action, almost like instructions. I feel that this is a very European thing and you really wouldn't see this random explanatory illustrations in English shops.

I am not really sure what reasoning this has but it was just an amusing thing to spot. Its almost comical as it is depicting a neighbour/acquaintance looking at a happy romantic relationship and being jealous. It just works well though, maybe because of the balconies?

These caught my eye because I go to swing society and am into jazz/swing music. They are pieces of street art and very eye catching. This is probably todo with the warm yellow/orange colour and the contrast this has by silhouettes of movement, energy and a good time.

This was a Tshirt in the gift shop. I think this is a really beautiful illustration. It depict the colourful chaos of all of the different patterns and furnishings that are so splendid in every single room of the Palace. It is also drawn in a really quirky style, like a continuous line drawing (which interests me at the moment). It is weird because this is a playful image with unstraight lines and without accurate perspective but this contrasts to how formal the Palace is and how everything is perfect and carefully placed. None-the-less I really like the richness of the colours used, it makes the image more sophisticated and the variety of width of line. I am unsure if this is a Wacom drawing using digital layers or a screen print.

 Palacio Real de Madrid
These are beautifully illustrated silk scarves of the exterior of the palace which is such a grand thing to capture in a drawing. They are interesting because they are very accurate but due to the nature of hand-drawing you can tell that they are still crafted. This is where illustration is important because it wouldn't be right to wear a scarf with a photograph of a building on it but it is unique to have a scarf with someones hard work on it which is representative and very aesthetically pleasing.

  Palacio Real de Madrid

I really like the illustration on this wine. I always chose wine on the illustrations on the front and I just loved this one. It is just fun. The characters are amusing with their very extroverted body language and I really like the block colour on the robes but the loose contrasting white lines adding detail to the image. I also like the horses, they have tone which the people don't, but also one horse it built up by pattern.